New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-07
VETERANS AND PENSIONS
A FEW MORE LETTERS FROM OLD SOLDIERS
DEBT NOT CHARITY.
DEFECTS IN THE DEPENDENT BILL-FAvoRABLE ro
SERVICE PENSION.
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| From The Weekly TriIuns.
James H. StceduDsn Pest, 1873, q. A. r.,
Reed CITY, Mich, June 4. 1887
Think it not advisable to submit your circular 70 tho
Post while in session and put 1t TO vote loo
aaree with YOU that something should no done. ad
in way that would do justice to all concerned The
TO beg II any honor isdue them they should IT, n
anything due us in the shape OF Dacs pay or pensions.
should be paid over the same as any other debt pub
As to the Depnnient Pension, bull do not approve
that every ono receiving u pension under such a law
must acknowledge himself pauper and Dependent upon
his disability and It's cause, and prove IT Dy comrades
who cannot be found. or VINO perhaps ar,
| and in many other eases long delay
great viii bs cnailsd on the country as we'll
gray waiting for just dues which would In many
| of the service OF time into eternity
When our country called for men wa: acommandand
was: Eco and defend your country" We lsft orr
homes and business 90 say nothing OF friends AMI Ia
tenance of the Union. We made ourselves targets for
Rebel bullets $l3 month. and that worth only about
sSe o. soldiers iife-the forced marches srcph.
I'm the mud eating such ration rs could be got or perhaps
eating all for three days at stretch The sui
ferngs OF our he told although
paper could be filled with reading matter on the subject
The m an does not describe tue suerfngs
the poor that starved In southern prisons guarded
by the no honored chivalry OF the south
AS to the Service Pension BILL We think that ali sL0lI
receive certain amount, and do away with private leg
saton and the expense Of arge army o. az; gents at
that should 20 the soldiers who are growing oil al
gray any OF them crippled for fe.who would now have
We think that IS a month should be paid to every SOL
mustered into the service anu served three
months; and in addition thereto graded pension Tor
disability.
be paid each where Congress may pass them. Tor
in each case before Congress the applicants
unable legally to prove the cause OF dsalty from he
fact that the witnesses may be scattered al over the
world. after than twenty years many Of the
before Congress 1t comes with certain proofs
and is referred to committee OF txpe-
eject clam upon its merits. When II has posed
committees OF both branches OF Congress II aust %
lust claim We look upon the veto of such bulls As out
rageous. unpatrotic. unjust ami cowariy Every 10 al
should greet such veto WI n seorn ana contempt,
and every old soldier should resent IL.
We desire law that will not only pay 10 TO
survivors Of the Union army the difference be "ceh le
vane the money and that OF gold at the time
paid to him. We dill not ask this twenty years a-o
for the ntry could not nav IT, But now with the vast
surplus the Treasury ask that It be pau 20 tho
men gave best days OF their lives 10 orer that
the country they loved might exist It IS than
lust that the country they protected should protect
and for them Wedo not ask II a. gt Ot asdf-h
As for sucn men oppose Just compensation 10 tho
old veteran we would like them placed In line AMI
marched out at double quick for twenty miles unlet
scorcng Southern ami then withoutrest orrerosh
mens led into battle win the air black with shot AM
shell and perfect hailstorm OF rebel bullets
repeng charge after charge OF desperle aud deter
mined then make few charges rght up 10 thd
smo.n- months OF a hundred cannons aud busting
fence OF steel over a s0ld wall OF earthWorHs anI
Just they would gain the Held be driven
baCk me
until darkness should put stop 10 the perfect nell as
had been opened upon them Thcn throw down tneir
poor. bruised bleeding and exhausted bodies on mo
ground among their own dead AMI dying continues VIZ.
our fire. blanket or food with drenching ram p'ulAs
az say on moment Then az daylight we would
them hustled into line without breakfast Io' oel ~
IL Bat stop right here one day ana hliht wo"n -
enough such men They would not hght We nav
u number IN our vicinity receiving ch3tty, o1 mono .',
the poorhousc. rs Michigan has q Soldiers Home dIi
doesn't allow her soldier. to 90 to- me poorno@se mr.
nj tQn NJ coll ",
ourselves while the country owes IT'S hrst anu Ao' "a
We advise all old soldiers throughout the country %
fall line OF battle and light for laen VINO VIII h- i'r
lie recognition OF worthy Union soldier. resar ~
politics or parties. and for no who holds A. eH.
emles the who rallied around Our nag IN In' %
So says our Post as individuals Isaac grant,
Commander.
FLOWERS.
Dodge County, Nebraska, May 3o.-There was tiue
when this grand Nation beggar Its need then was
for dred with patriotism TO save from destruction
OF salvation. History tells whether We acted vel
our part Many Of US VINO yet i've ser,neS our i',
our side in the conflict To-day circumst @nces compel as
70 nav rioute to tue capt. accumu atc through the o
portnues growing ont Of the The Prairies OF Ne
braska dotted with old soldiers living on nome
.eads deprived OF the comforts woR by the hardy en-
grant who equally shares the Government b.esSinS.
And you ask what pension legislation we want
Every true American soldier Il IN ais own right M
DO expect 10 nv the flag OF bcs-ar by the %
OF klngly banner ! We admit that we are Nn-s
without revenue bat better 40 than kings ior fevrAl,
only The great debt our soldiers aud SAILOR.
OF which hear 50 much will. 10 doubt, sometime %
recognized IN d tangible form than empty words
aud flowers And those who remain w nave PROOF iit
Republics are not ungrateul But what about tuOss
who waiting, dying, i've 10 die yet make no syn u
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THE VOICE OF A VETERANS WIFE.
Phoenixvilc. Penn. June 3.-You did not iryi', the
wives " soldiers write their views about pensions;
but my husband has lost the at ~ Writing. ti"nth
sickness. feel yOur Kindness or heart VIII cto
you overlook the Intrusion II "ou consider 10 srl
We poor and my husband is unable even 10 earn IS
living: but thanks God for his goodness We nave
had to depend charity, nor have ever hi %
send children to bed hungry. And now those MI
dren entire support. Tho Oldest three arc
daughters and married. They have enough 20 ln -
take OF their affairs, bui Our youngest iiite
all boys and the eldest OF them j. pleased YIN no
prospect 81 helping elect a Republican President ~
..-. n. L..-.n III.